September 29th
This morning the weather had reverted to sunny and calm as we walked from Chamber's Wall to the Oyster Farm lagoons. We counted 2 Stonechats, 9 Chiffchaffs, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Kestrels, 1 Common Buzzard, 14 Chaffinches, 3 Swallows, 1 Grey Heron, 16 Corn Buntings, 27 Goldfinches, 1 female Brambling, 3 Teal, 1 Snow Bunting, 46 Carrion Crows, 8 Oystercatchers, 75 Linnets, 3 Snipe, 1 Whinchat, 12 Cormorants, 1 Little Egret, 1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull seen by Julian and Alex Perry and 1 Golden Plover.

First winter Mediterranean Gull - Alex Perry

Snow Bunting - Alex Perry

Derek Smith and Patrick Giles were also out birding today between 0715 and 1230 and walked from Shuart along the embankment to Coldharbour and Plumpudding. They recorded 2 Little Egrets E, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzards, 18 Lapwings S, 21 Skylarks W, 6 Pied Wagtails W, 9 Blackcaps, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 26 Chiffchaffs, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Firecrest, 1 Siskin W, 3 Stonechats and 1 Snow Bunting.
At Grenham Bay Terry Wilson saw 12 Little Egrets, 8 Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 Turnstone, 2 Redshank, 4 Curlew and 1 Peregrine sitting on the rocks.
During the afternoon Chris Tedder paid a visit to Shuart and walked through to Reculver. Amongst other birds she saw were 5 Common Buzzards, 10 Chiffchaffs, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Stonechats, 6 Sandwich Terns, 110 Linnets, 64 Turnstone, 178 Oystercatchers, 50 Ringed Plovers, 3 Curlew, 57 Golden Plovers, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Little Egrets, 5 Grey Herons, 3 Teal, 8 Mallard, 6 Corn Buntings and 8 Meadow Pipits.